Insulated wall for building



Feb. l, 1955 F. GRlFFlTH INSULATED WALL FOR BUILDING Filed Aug. 15, 19502 Sheets-sheet 2 Fig. 6 n 7 32 FIg. 4 2/ 40 Frederick Griffith INVENTOR.

United States Patent O INSULATED WALL FOR BUILDING Frederick Griffith,Hillman, Mich.

Application August 15, 1950, Serial NO. 179,549

1 Claims. (Cl. 20-4) This invention relates to building construction andmore particularly to a novel Cabin or a novel wall structure for use inconstructing a cabin or other similar building.

An object of this invention is to provide a wall structure for a Cabinwhich will make the maximum use of the materials used in forming thewall and which will render the building highly attractive in appearance.

Another object of this invention is to provide a Cabin having a wallstructure which is hollow for the greater insulative effect thereof andwhich structure is highly resistant to abnormal stresses and strans dueto the fact that the facing surfaces of the wall are not coplanar.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the pro- Vision of awall structure that is strong, durable, simple in construction, capableof being readily prefabricated, and which will be relatively inexpensiveto construct.

These, together with the various ancillary objects of the inventionwhich will become apparent as the following description proceeds, areobtained by this wall construction, a preferred embodiment of the cabinin which the wall structure is used being shown in the acompanyingdrawngs, by way of example Only, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a Cabin formed in accordance with theconcept of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a Vertical sectional view of a portion of the Cabin;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional detail as taken along the plane ofthe line 3--3 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional detail showing the construction ofthe window used in the present inventionland as taken along the plane ofthe line 4-4 in Figure Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional detail showingthe construction of the door used in the present invention and is takenalong the plane of 5-5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a sectional detail showing the construction of a solid panelwhich may be used in the present invention; and,

Figure 7 is a sectional detail showing the construction of a furtherpanel which may be used within the concept of the present invention.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals desgnate similar parts throughout the various views,reference numeral 10 generally designates a Cabin or other buildingformed in accordance with the concept of the present invention.

To construct this building a foundation of poured concrete generallyindcated at 12 is first formed on which suitable hollow building blocks14 may be secured to form a suitable footing. These building blocks 14may be cinder blocks or the like of conventional design. Positioned uponthe footing blocks 14 is a wall plate 16 substantially trapezoidal inshape and formed with a triangular pointed edge portion 18. Thistriangular portion 18 eliminates the necessity for a drain for the wallplate. suitable floor jonts 20 may be secured on the footing 14 and asuitable floor 22 of any desired material may be supported on the floorjonts.

secured on the wall plates 16 are a plurality of panels 21 each of whichis substantially square in cross-section and which are formed with sidemembers 23 and 24 interconnected by spaced parallel end members 26 and28. These side members and end members form a hollow panel which issecured with corners thereof abutting corners of an adjacent panel. Itis to be noted that the diagonal planes connecting the abutting cornerswill be coplanar. securing the panels 21 to each other are moldingstrips 30 and 32 which are secured to the inner and outer surfaces ofthe wall. The molding surfaces 30 and 32 are triangular in cross-sectionand provide means which both reinforce the construction and aid ingiving the construction a unique and highly attractive appearance. A topwall plate 34 closes off the ends of the hollow panels 21 and togetherwith a bottom wall plate 16 provides means for ferming suitable dead airspaces in the panels. The outer and inner ends of the upper wall panel34 are triangular in shape as indcated at 36 so as to eliminate thenecessity for drain spouts.

Any suitable roof, preferably a cottage or hip roof may be used. A gableroof 38 has been shown in the drawing.

Referring now to Figure 4 it will be seen that the window structure ofthe invention is formed by placing a frame 40 having suitable triangularends 42 and 44 respectively about the window opening. Then suitable sashas indcated at 46 can be readily positioned in the rame.

Referring now to Figure 5 it will be seen that the door frame 48 isprovided with inner and outer ends as indcated at 50 and 52 oftriangular shape so as to. remain in conformance with the physicalappearance of the wall structure. The door 54 consists of a panel havinga plurality of triangular shaped pieces 56 secured thereto.

Referring now to Figure 6 it will be seen that on the corner posts ofthe building a solid timber 58 may be used to reinforce the entirestructure. Further, and if desired the entire building may be formedfrom solid square timbers as indcated at 58.

Another corner structure is shown as in Figure 3 whereby suitable cornerpieces 60 and 62 are secured to the panels so as to provide a suitableinner corner surface.

Referring now to Figure 7 it will be seen that when it is desired toprovide a planar inner wall a triangular panel 64 may readily be used inlieu of the rectangular panel 21. However, the rectangular panel hasobvious advantages in insulative and strength providing features andhence is the preferred form of the invention.

Since from the foregoing the construction and advantages of thisbuilding construction are readily apparent, further description isbelieved to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a Consideration of the foregoing Specificationand accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be readily resorted to which fallwithin the Scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is clairned as new is:

A wall construction comprising a plurality of hollow substantiallysquare vertically extending panels, each of said panels comprising apair of spaced parallel side members, a pair of spaced parallel endmembers secured to said side members and extending therebetween to forma hollow panel substantially rectangular in cross-section, said side andend members terminating at the Corners of said panels, said panels beingpositioned with corners of one panel being in abutting relationship witha corner of an adjacent panel with adjacent interior Ones of saidmembers and adjacent exterior Ones of said members meeting at an angle,and vertically extending molding strips of triangular cross-sectionsecured to adjacent panels on the inner and outer sides of said wall andfitting in said angles and securing adjacent corner edges of said panelstogether.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS444,604 Baker Jan. 13, 1891 670,265 Woerner Mar. 19, 1901 2,336,435Zirinsky Dec. 7, 1943 2,426,943 Morden Sept. 2, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS142,734 Austria Sept. 10, 1935

